INTEGRAL ROLE
UK TransPennine Upgrade puts focus on freight
More paths, and not just for passengers. Work on the TransPennine Route Upgrade (TRU) continues to gather pace. A new phase of engineering activity is…
Major headache for freight and passenger traffic
Storm disrupted NW England and Midlands
When the wind blows. A blast of Arctic air has brought cold temperatures and high winds to the West Coast of England. No prizes for…
UK-EU
Rail freight could soon return to the Channel Tunnel
The UK’s Department for Transport has announced a landmark government-backed deal that could soon see rail freight return to the Channel Tunnel. The British infrastructure…
FRIDAY FREIGHT PATH
The UK’s Victorian railway faces 21st century challenges
Britain likes to pretend it has a modern railway. Most weeks, the network does its best to expose that as a polite fiction. In the…
Clifton demo and reno almost completed
Bridge replacement nearly open on UK West Coast Main Line
Road and rail customers, and local residents, are being thanked after demolition work for the £60m (€71m) Clifton Bridge replacement was completed successfully. The project…
Freight has low expectations from Great British Railways consultations
Will UK freight get a hearing over GBR access charges?
It may be late in the day, or premature if you remain sceptical. Either way, Network Rail is about to begin engaging with the rail…
Freight finds Desiro a desirable friend
Network Rail’s “Hotshot” boosts reliability in SW England
A new type of train is patrolling the South Western Railway (SWR) network out of London Waterloo and all the way to south coast ports,…
Network Rail works
UK freight and passengers benefit from Christmas works
Christmas this week brings more than just turkey and tinsel for the UK rail network. Network Rail is deploying thousands of workers across the country…
Seasonal call for support
Make UK rail freight the year-round gift that keeps giving
Freight is not just for Christmas, said the chief executive of Network Rail. Jeremy Westlake was addressing a seasonal gathering of the Rail Freight Group…
Heavy rail for the lightest element
Network Rail trial of hydrogen transport
Network Rail has transported hydrogen for the first time on Britain’s rail network. The national infrastructure agency worked with rail and energy partners Freightliner and…
Ports, freeports and airports
Freight on the agenda for East of England
England’s eastern counties need a viable mixed traffic railway to foster economic growth. That was the message from Transport East’s “Future of Rail” day conference…
Goods yards into good places to live
Platform4: Network Rail is an estate agent selling houses
For railway-obsessed British home seekers, it could be just the ticket. Network Rail is collaborating with the company behind what was once called the Channel…